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Old Jan 30, 2011 | 09:17 PM
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Ok I searched everywhere and got no good answers so.... I have a hitch. I have a d ring for it. I like it , it works fine. But I want rear tow hooks. I'm not attatching horizontal chevy ones to my leaf springs, and I'm not trading the hitch for a factory tow hook.

Can I use my hitch bolts to mount tow hooks...? Eyeballing it it looks like it would fit on there...

It would be on the two closest to the back. edit: actually either of the two sets, maybe deeper in will be cooler and more concealed, also the hooks might not fit in with the rear-most ones XP

Edit: ps the black electiecal tape used to be my hitch lights hookup. i crested a hill, landed hard on it, and it is no longer with us... so i hulk-ripped that b*tch out. ha
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Old Jan 30, 2011 | 10:18 PM
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20 views and no answers haha. ill just do it if its a hitch mount it obviously wont f*** anything up too bad
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Old Jan 30, 2011 | 10:27 PM
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someone posted about a set of tow hooks that bolt to the hitch that were fairly cheap and looked like a good design. for a square tube hitch
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Old Jan 30, 2011 | 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by jeepcherokee89
someone posted about a set of tow hooks that bolt to the hitch that were fairly cheap and looked like a good design. for a square tube hitch
Didn't know there was any other kind of hitch :] I dont wanna do something too rare, I want to go get 2 10000lb hooks from autozone tomorrow haha
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Old Jan 30, 2011 | 10:34 PM
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Honestly I wouldn't use those bolts. The first time you use them they will bent the bolts and you wont ever be able to get the hitch off. Why do you want actual tow hooks anyways? I'm not a fan of hooks anyways. Had to many tow straps slip off. D-rings are the way to go.
I think this is what jeepcherokee89 is talking about.
http://www.detoursusa.com/c3r.php
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Old Jan 30, 2011 | 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by jmm0122
Honestly I wouldn't use those bolts. The first time you use them they will bent the bolts and you wont ever be able to get the hitch off. Why do you want actual tow hooks anyways?

I think this is what jeepcherokee89 is talking about.
http://www.detoursusa.com/c3r.php
Gotta drill... No bueno no drilling, no welding. Haha. And that hitch is so rusty it ain't Comin off anyway
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Old Jan 30, 2011 | 10:42 PM
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also, flat leaf springs for the loss... :/
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i dont have a tow hitch any more but that is where i had/have mine hook
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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by jmm0122
Honestly I wouldn't use those bolts. The first time you use them they will bent the bolts and you wont ever be able to get the hitch off. Why do you want actual tow hooks anyways? I'm not a fan of hooks anyways. Had to many tow straps slip off. D-rings are the way to go.
I think this is what jeepcherokee89 is talking about.
http://www.detoursusa.com/c3r.php

yep thats them, Thanks
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